The data displayed below were collected during a joint project
between the following departments at Montana Tech of The University of Montana: Geophysical Engineering
and the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. The samples represent sandstones collected and analyzed for their potential
use as proppant material.
Measured Section Details
Unit Symbol |
Name |
Township |
Range |
Section |
1/4 Section |
Location |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Geomethod |
Datum |
Page Number |
Sub Unit Id |
Sandstone Description |
Grain Size |
Cementation |
Roundness |
Sorting |
Thickness (ft) |
Suitability |
_f |
Meagher-(?)pilgrin -Wolsey flathead formations |
08S |
02W |
1 |
|
North side of Dry Hollow |
45.1671623979 |
-111.791668198 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
75 |
1 |
quartzitic, grayish-orange to dark yellowish orange, thin bedded to massive, upper 15ft makes ledge |
medium to fine |
locally calcareous |
|
|
63 |
yes |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
Head of cirque on southeast face of Bighorn Mountain |
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
80 |
2 |
quartzose, grayish orange to light gray and white, some brecciation, rock slope |
|
locally calcareous and quartzitic |
|
|
44 |
maybe |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
80 |
3 |
quartzose, grayish orange to white, massive cross bedded and cliff forming |
|
quartzitic |
|
|
75 |
maybe |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
80 |
4 |
quartzose, light gray to white, thin bedded, some brecciation near bottom, two beds (4") of dolomite at bottom. Cliff forming |
fine |
quartzitic |
|
|
40 |
yes |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
80 |
5 |
quartzose,moderate red, one bed |
|
|
|
|
6 |
no |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
80 |
6 |
White, thin bedded, interbedded with dense dolomite, weathers into blocks and ledge forming |
fine |
quartzitic |
|
|
16 |
no |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
81 |
9 |
quartzose, white to grayish orange, massive, some brecciation |
fine |
locally quartzitic |
|
|
54 |
yes |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
81 |
10 |
dusky red, one bed, ledge forming |
fine |
quatrzitic |
|
|
3 |
no |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
81 |
11 |
quartzose, moderate red, thin bedded |
fine |
non-resistant |
|
|
2 |
yes but thin |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
81 |
13 |
quartzose, white to pale yellowish orange, massive, some brecciation in basal part, somecross bedding and cliffs |
fine |
quartzitic |
|
|
125 |
maybe |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
81 |
14 |
quartzose, whiteto pale yellowish orange, locally purplish, medium bedded with some thin beds of dense dolomite, slope forming. |
fine |
|
|
|
30 |
no |
*q |
Quadrant Formation |
10S |
02W |
36 |
|
|
44.9191143754 |
-111.790963295 |
TRS-SEC |
NAD83 |
81 |
15 |
quartzose, medium light gray to grayish orange, locally moderate red, medium to thick bedded, alternates with dolomite at bottom. |
|
locally quartzitic |
|
|
64 |
no |